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Japanese boy(male) nameKyou
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  • Gender:Male
  • Hiraganatip:きょう
  • Katakanatip:キョウ
  • English Syllablestip:kyou (1)
  • Japanese Moraetip:kyo-u (2)
  • English transcriptionstip:Kyou, Kyo, Kyoh, Kyō
  • Nickname examplestip:

    Kyoukun(きょうくん)Click to speech きょうくんKyouchan(きょうちゃん)Click to speech きょうちゃんKyoutan(きょうたん)Click to speech きょうたん

This name is considered unisex, but it's more commonly used for girls. Japanese girl(female) nameSee the girls' version here.

This name is also used as a surname: Family name / Last nameKyou

Kanji Names & Meanings - 19 variations

In Japanese culture, kanji are characters that originated from Chinese script, and the meaning of a name changes depending on the kanji characters chosen. The more variations of kanji a name has, the more common it is in Japan. Conversely, a name with very few kanji variations is considered unique and rare. Below are the kanji variations for "Kyou," ranked by the total number of "Good!" votes.

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- Kyou -

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means "dawn, daybreak, enlighten."

  • Dawn - The first light of day.

  • Daybreak - The time when the sun rises.

  • Instruct - To teach, to make clear.

  • Realize - To understand, to become clear.

Name ideas examples

  • Dawn - Dawn represents new beginnings, hope, and the triumph of light over darkness. May your child greet each dawn with hope, ready for new possibilities.

  • Daybreak - Daybreak - The time when the sun rises - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of daybreak throughout life.

  • Instruct - Purity represents clarity, cleanliness, and uncorrupted goodness. May your child maintain a pure heart and clear conscience.

  • Realize - Purity represents clarity, cleanliness, and uncorrupted goodness. May your child maintain a pure heart and clear conscience.

- Kyou -

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means "strong, fearsome, powerful."

Name ideas examples

  • Strong - Strength includes physical power, mental fortitude, and moral courage. May your child be strong in body, mind, and spirit, facing all with courage.

  • Fearsome - Fear signals danger and motivates protection; courage is acting despite fear. May your child face fears with courage, acting rightly despite them.

  • Powerful - Being powerful represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be powerful, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Determined - Strength represents resilience, capability, and the power to overcome. May your child develop strength of body, mind, and character.

  • Excess - Circles represent wholeness, cycles, and completeness. May your child experience life's full circle with grace.

  • Forceful - Being forceful represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be forceful, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Not Necessarily - Paths represent journeys, choices, and the direction of life. May your child find good paths and walk them with courage.

  • Resilient - Speed represents efficiency, responsiveness, and seizing opportunities. May your child act swiftly when needed and patiently when appropriate.

  • Rigid - Rigid - Inflexible and unyielding - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of rigid throughout life.

  • Stubborn - Stubborn - Being Obstinate; unyielding - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of stubborn throughout life.

  • Tenacious - Being tenacious represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be tenacious, letting this quality guide their path.

  • To Force - The act of force represents purposeful action and the will to make a difference. May your child force with wisdom and purpose, making a positive difference in the world.

  • To Strengthen - Strength includes not just physical power, but the inner fortitude to endure and persevere. May your child have strength of body, mind, and spirit to face all of life's challenges.

  • To Strive - The act of strive represents purposeful action and the will to make a difference. May your child strive with wisdom and purpose, making a positive difference in the world.

- Kyou -

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means "celebrate, joy, congratulate."

Name ideas examples

  • Celebrate - Celebrate - To observe a happy occasion - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of celebrate throughout life.

  • Joy - Joy is the spontaneous happiness that arises from a heart at peace with itself and the world. May your child overflow with joy, spreading happiness to everyone they meet.

  • Congratulate - Congratulate - To express pleasure at success - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of congratulate throughout life.

  • Fortune - Fortune encompasses good luck, wealth, and the blessings that come from heaven. May fortune smile upon your child, blessing their endeavors with success and abundance.

- Kyou -

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means "to save, to correct."

  • Aid - To provide assistance or support to someone in need.

  • Assist - To give help or support to someone in order to achieve a goal.

  • Rectify - To correct or set right a wrong or bad situation.

  • Rescue - To help or assist someone in danger or distress.

Name ideas examples

  • Aid - Aiding represents helping, support, and coming to others' assistance. May your child aid those in need with a generous heart.

  • Assist - Assist represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the assist's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Rectify - Understanding what is harmful teaches the value of what is good. May your child recognize and avoid what is harmful while pursuing good.

  • Rescue - Rescue - To help or assist someone in danger or distress - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of rescue throughout life.

- Kyou -

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means "to be fulfilled, to come true."

Name ideas examples

  • To be Fulfilled - The act of be fulfilled represents purposeful action and the will to make a difference. May your child be fulfilled with wisdom and purpose, making a positive difference in the world.

  • To Come True - Truth is the foundation of integrity, the alignment of words with reality. May your child always speak and live in truth, their word their bond.

  • Fulfillment - Fulfillment represents an important condition or result. May your child experience positive fulfillment throughout life.

  • Harmony - Harmony (和) is the central Japanese value of peaceful coexistence and balanced relationships. May your child bring harmony wherever they go, creating peace and balance in all relationships.

葵陽- Kyou -

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means "hollyhock, family crest."

  • Family Crest - One type of family emblem.

  • Aoi - The name of a plant from the family of Aoi plants.

Name ideas examples

  • Family Crest - Family Crest - One type of family emblem - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of family crest throughout life.

  • Aoi - Names carry identity and meaning, shaping one's path through life. May your child's name bring them good fortune and guide their character.

means "sun, positive, sunny."

Name ideas examples

  • Sun - The sun (日) is sacred in Japan as the symbol of Amaterasu, representing life, energy, and the imperial lineage. May your child shine with the radiant warmth of the sun, bringing light and joy to all around them.

  • Sunny - Light represents hope, wisdom, and the illumination of truth. May your child shine brightly, illuminating the path for others.

  • Positive - Being positive represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be positive, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Bright, Clear - Brightness symbolizes intelligence, optimism, and a future full of promise. May your child's future be bright, filled with intelligence, joy, and boundless opportunity.

  • South Side of a Mountain - The sunny mountain side represents warmth, brightness, and favorable position. May your child find life's sunny sides.

- Kyou -

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means "receive, enjoy, offer."

  • Receive - To accept what is given.

  • Enjoy - To experience pleasure from.

  • Offer - To present to deities.

  • Accept - To receive or admit something willingly.

  • Accomplish - To successfully bring about or complete a task.

  • Bestow - To give or confer something, especially as a gift or honor.

  • Fulfill - To bring to completion or realization, to satisfy.

  • Provide - To make something available for use.

Name ideas examples

  • Receive - Receiving represents acceptance, openness, and gracious acceptance. May your child receive life's blessings with gratitude.

  • Enjoy - Enjoy - To experience pleasure from - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of enjoy throughout life.

  • Offer - Offering represents generosity, service, and giving of oneself. May your child offer their gifts generously to the world.

  • Accept - Accepting represents openness, grace, and receiving with gratitude. May your child accept life's gifts with grace and gratitude.

  • Accomplish - Accomplishment represents achievement, completion, and the satisfaction of finishing. May your child accomplish great things, completing what they set out to do.

  • Bestow - Bestowing represents generosity, blessing, and giving of gifts. May your child bestow blessings upon others throughout their life.

  • Fulfill - Fulfill - To bring to completion or realization, to satisfy - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of fulfill throughout life.

  • Provide - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

- Kyou -

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means "capital, high, anxious."

Name ideas examples

  • Capital - Being capital represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be capital, letting this quality guide their path.

  • High - Height represents lofty aspirations, nobility, and elevated thinking. May your child aim high, with noble aspirations and elevated thoughts.

  • Anxious - Being anxious represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be anxious, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Grand - Grandness represents magnificence, noble ambition, and achieving great things. May your child dream grand dreams and achieve magnificent things with noble purpose.

  • Hill - Hills symbolize achievement, perspective, and the rewards of steady climbing. May your child climb life's hills with determination, gaining wisdom at every elevation.

  • Number Name - Names carry identity, destiny, and in Japan, the power to shape one's future. May your child honor their name, living up to its promise and meaning.

- Kyou -

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means "tall, to be proud."

  • Tall - Towering; high, especially referring to trees and mountains.

  • To be Proud - To be Haughty; to be arrogant.

  • Proud - Having a sense of pride and arrogance.

Name ideas examples

  • Tall - Tallness represents reaching high, noble stature, and lofty achievement. May your child reach tall and stand noble.

  • To be Proud - The act of be proud represents purposeful action and the will to make a difference. May your child be proud with wisdom and purpose, making a positive difference in the world.

  • Proud - Proud - Having a sense of pride and arrogance - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of proud throughout life.

- Kyou -

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means "filial piety, respect."

Name ideas examples

  • Filial Piety - Filial Piety - Devotion to parents; dutiful to family - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of filial piety throughout life.

  • Respect - Respect (敬) is fundamental to Japanese social harmony, honoring the dignity of all beings. May your child show and earn respect, honoring others while being worthy of honor themselves.

  • Mourning - Fabrics represent the weaving together of life's threads. May your child weave a beautiful tapestry with their life.

- Kyou -

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means "respectful, humble, polite."

  • Respectful - Showing reverence and courtesy.

  • Humble - Modest and deferential.

  • Polite - Having good manners.

  • Courteous - Being polite and considerate in one's behavior.

Name ideas examples

  • Respectful - Respect (敬) is fundamental to Japanese social harmony, honoring the dignity of all beings. May your child show and earn respect, honoring others while being worthy of honor themselves.

  • Humble - Humility is the foundation of learning and the source of true greatness. May your child be humble, knowing that humility opens the door to wisdom.

  • Polite - Goodness and virtue form the foundation of a meaningful life. May your child embody goodness and cultivate virtue throughout life.

  • Courteous - Being courteous represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be courteous, letting this quality guide their path.

- Kyou -

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means "to teach, teaching, religious teaching."

  • To Teach - To Guide; to instruct.

  • To Cause - In the pattern "to cause A to do B."

  • Teaching - Lessons; precepts.

  • Religious Teaching - The teachings of gods or Buddha.

  • Doctrine - A set of beliefs or principles taught by a religion.

  • Guide - To lead or direct someone in the right direction.

  • Impose - To force someone to accept or comply with something.

  • Instruct - To give someone instructions or advice.

  • Precept - A rule or principle that is intended to regulate behaviour.

Name ideas examples

  • To Teach - Teaching is the noble act of passing wisdom to others, multiplying one's positive impact. May your child teach others generously, multiplying their wisdom through those they guide.

  • To Cause - The act of cause represents purposeful action and the will to make a difference. May your child cause with wisdom and purpose, making a positive difference in the world.

  • Teaching - Children carry forward the hopes and dreams of their families. May your child fulfill the hopes placed in them and add their own.

  • Religious Teaching - Religious Teaching represents active engagement and purposeful effort. May your child engage in religious teaching with purpose and skill.

  • Doctrine - Doctrine - A set of beliefs or principles taught by a religio - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of doctrine throughout life.

  • Guide - Guiding represents leadership, wisdom, and helping others find their way. May your child guide others with wisdom and compassion.

  • Impose - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Instruct - Instruct - To give someone instructions or advice - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of instruct throughout life.

  • Precept - Precept - A rule or principle that is intended to regulate b - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of precept throughout life.

- Kyou -

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means "apricot, ginkgo."

  • Apricot - A deciduous tree of the rose family; its fruit.

  • Ginkgo - The fruit of the ginkgo tree (in "ginnan").

  • Ginnan - The fruit of the Japanese apricot tree.

Name ideas examples

  • Apricot - Seeds and eggs contain the promise of new life and future growth. May your child nurture their potential into full flourishing.

  • Ginkgo - Seeds and eggs contain the promise of new life and future growth. May your child nurture their potential into full flourishing.

  • Ginnan - Seeds and eggs contain the promise of new life and future growth. May your child nurture their potential into full flourishing.

- Kyou -

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means "compete, race, strong."

  • Compete - To Vie; to contest.

  • Race - A competition.

  • Strong - Powerful; vigorous.

  • Advance - To move forward or onward in position, progress, or time.

  • Compare - To examine or consider in order to note similarities and differences.

  • Struggle - To strive or fight vigorously to achieve or resist something.

Name ideas examples

  • Compete - Compete - To Vie; to contest - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of compete throughout life.

  • Race - Race - A competition - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of race throughout life.

  • Strong - Strength includes physical power, mental fortitude, and moral courage. May your child be strong in body, mind, and spirit, facing all with courage.

  • Advance - Conflict teaches the value of peace and the courage to stand firm. May your child fight for what is right and seek peace when possible.

  • Compare - Comparing represents discernment, evaluation, and wise judgment. May your child compare fairly and judge with wisdom.

  • Struggle - Conflict teaches the value of peace and the courage to stand firm. May your child fight for what is right and seek peace when possible.

- Kyou -

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means "resonance, to resound."

  • Resonance - A sound that vibrates and spreads; echoing sound.

  • To Resound - To Echo; for sound to spread and be heard.

  • Echo - A sound that is heard after it is produced.

  • Rumble - A loud sound that echoes.

Name ideas examples

  • Resonance - Sound represents communication, expression, and making oneself heard. May your child's voice be heard and may they listen well.

  • To Resound - The act of resound represents purposeful action and the will to make a difference. May your child resound with wisdom and purpose, making a positive difference in the world.

  • Echo - Sound represents communication, expression, and making oneself heard. May your child's voice be heard and may they listen well.

  • Rumble - Sound represents communication, expression, and making oneself heard. May your child's voice be heard and may they listen well.

- Kyou -

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means "fragrance, fragrant, pleasant."

Name ideas examples

  • Fragrance - Fragrance - Aroma; a pleasant smell - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of fragrance throughout life.

  • Fragrant - Fragrance represents pleasant presence, lasting impression, and subtle beauty. May your child leave a fragrant impression wherever they go.

  • Pleasant - Goodness and virtue form the foundation of a meaningful life. May your child embody goodness and cultivate virtue throughout life.

  • Appealing - Sound represents communication, expression, and making oneself heard. May your child's voice be heard and may they listen well.

  • Lance - Lance - A piece in shogi - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of lance throughout life.

- Kyou -

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means "fragrant, aroma."

Name ideas examples

  • Fragrant - Fragrance represents pleasant presence, lasting impression, and subtle beauty. May your child leave a fragrant impression wherever they go.

  • Aroma - Goodness and virtue form the foundation of a meaningful life. May your child embody goodness and cultivate virtue throughout life.

稀緩斗- Kyou -

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means "rare, thin."

Name ideas examples

  • Rare - Rare - Uncommon; faint; sparse - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of rare throughout life.

  • Thin - Thinned and diluted represents distributed influence and wider reach. May your child extend their influence widely.

  • Dilute - Dilution represents spreading influence, softening intensity, and gentle application. May your child apply strength gently.

means "loose, to loosen, lenient."

Name ideas examples

  • Loose - Loose - Slack; relaxed - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of loose throughout life.

  • To Loosen - The act of loosen represents purposeful action and the will to make a difference. May your child loosen with wisdom and purpose, making a positive difference in the world.

  • Lenient - Lenient - Not Strict; not severe - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of lenient throughout life.

  • Slow, Gentle - Slowness represents care, thoroughness, and the wisdom of not rushing. May your child take time to do things well, patient and thorough in all endeavors.

means "dipper, measure, constellation."

  • Dipper - A ladle for scooping liquids.

  • Measure - A unit of volume (about 18 liters).

  • Constellation - The Big Dipper or Little Dipper stars.

  • Ladle - Tool used to scoop up water or alcohol.

  • Small - Tiny; insignificant.

Name ideas examples

  • Dipper - Dipper represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the dipper's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Measure - Measure represents balance, proportion, and the wisdom of knowing limits. May your child know the measure of all things, balanced and proportionate.

  • Constellation - Constellation represents a significant process or state. May your child understand and embody the meaning of constellation.

  • Ladle - The ladle represents serving others, measured giving, and nourishing gifts. May your child serve others generously.

  • Small - Smallness carries humility, attention to detail, and the appreciation of subtlety. May your child notice and appreciate small blessings others might overlook.

Real Persons

The list contains people mentioned in Wikipedia. All JP links are in Japanese only. Sorry!

  • 仲西Nakanishi Kyō Japanese musician (1971- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 小沢Ozawa 僥謳Kyō Japanese playwright, impresario and translator (1938-1999) wikipedia page linkJP

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